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Navy reports 8 suicide attempts on carrier group that faced monthslong deployment amid Iran war

There have been eight suicide attempts across the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group since the beginning of its grueling monthslong deployment last year, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said in a letter obtained by CBS News. That number includes sailors assigned to the Lincoln aircraft carrier, its air wing and the destroyers that are…

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Firefighters struggle with staffing, equipment shortages amid record wildfire season: “We’re running thin”

When Cody Turcotte arrived to fight a wildfire scorching homes in Spokane, Washington, last month, there weren’t enough people at the scene to control it. His team of five engines joined just two others that had been battling the blaze alone for hours, as its flames rapidly spread. “You’re getting embers casting down on the…

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Coast Guard and FBI boarded 2 energy tankers due to cyberattacks. How big is the risk?

U.S. Coast Guard personnel and FBI agents boarded two Texas-bound energy tankers last month after cyberattacks struck the vessels while they were traveling toward the United States, according to U.S. officials. One of the vessels was the VL Prosperity, a 1,093-foot Liberian-flagged crude oil tanker headed to Galveston, Texas. Iranian state media identified the ship…

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